UK - The government has rejected calls to abolish the compulsory purchase of annuities because pensioners are "poor judges" of their spending.
An amendment to the Pensions Bill that would have scrapped the obligation to buy an annuity at age 75 was dismissed by pensions minister Baroness Hollis. Annuities have been criticised for being...
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